I have said before, and I shall say again, that I write this book for love of your love.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?""You may ask.""How old are you?""It's none of your business

I'm not afraid of anything. My two favorite colors are lime green and hot pink. I mean, I really like pink. And I don't care who knows it. I'm already married, sooo...

Answers are a perilous grip on the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.

You are bound, my hunch is, to make it just fine.

No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.

The world is desperately in need of people who will break themselves open and pour themselves out for the reconciliation of all things- that's what the world needs.

Jesus never consults your past to determine your present.

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

The beggarly last doit.

The greatest joy in getting ready for the film is that there aren't many reference points for the journey and you've got to define it for yourself.